rogier caprino
Trigger warning galore. I had to take a few day breaks . Haha. I would be messed up if I experienced all he underwent!!!
It has an open ending but that does not bother me. Although it was a tad bitter I stil have warm feelings after finishing it 15 min ago. 00:34 am 21 /12/13
This is shelved as comedy and satire. And it is but also shows the college frat life with sex, partying, the yolo life and more sexual exploits. I had to roll my eyes at the character jokes and laughed at other moments. Such a mix bag for me personally. The title is structured with multiple POV. It jumps between about 5 characters. I liked some better than others but I would never want any of them to be in my live. Character aren't always to be liked but they are spoiled college kids. If profanity and sex isn't for I'd say skip. I read through the book being ace, that's an experience. The writing is solid and readable. It was a slice of life story with an something ending that's unexpected. I'll leave it at that. This book will find an audience
I gave the harness room by l p Hartley. A 3.5It was his only explicitly gay novel. You still had to read between the lines though. You get glimpses of each character ‘s personality but because it's short you barely know them. I'll read more from hartley because his writing is pleasing to read. It was not a weird book but I still don't know what I read . And what was that ending. I was surprised. It totally came out of nowhere. How will the lives of people look like after the ending
My favorites stories where bloodletting, unsent, the sea where it's shallow , promises in every star ( the lead story ) , desire under the blankets and disaster relief. The others where meh. It dragged down the score . One of the better written gay erotica.
I like the idea of dectective and P.I. stories but most contemporary or old pulp fiction don't work for me. Add urban fantasy in and i'm ready to go. This hit me just right.
The cover drew me and i had to read it. Justis Fearsson is illustrated in agony on the cover with his vintage Z-ster in the background. That headache is not of the normal kind and only a select few have to endure every month during the full moon. You see Justis is a weremyste. A practicioner of magic with natural born powers, their power is at full strengh during the full moon but at price. The full moon causes someone to slip from reality , to be disillusioned the sameway with werewolves. This losing of reality are called phasing. Fearsson uses his magic to solve cases but the phasings became to much and had to leave the police force, the same reason his father did. Because his magic is kept a secret the force thinks it was because psychological reasons. Now being a P.I for a few years now a case began again where a politician's daughter was murdered by magic in a similar way other victims where.The poor on the street living youth and sexworkers is a stark contrast.
can fearsson stop the sorcessor
I immediately liked Fearrson the first page. He's doing his best, he might not the strongest using his magic but boy is he resourceful and not a quitter. I love how Coe wrote him. Coe characterised him as stand up guy without being a ‘ nice guy'.
Fearsson is similar to dresden but without the dresden sexist tendencies and eye fuckery. I love Harry Dresden but you have to admit Butcher writes him in away that is very male gazy when he's around female characters. This is where i'll stop comparing Fearrson to Dresden and only focus on Jay.
We see Jay grow in his magic and as character and I can't wait to see him grow further in the rest of the trilogy. Jay has a great support system in Kona, Namid, Billie and his dad to a lesser extend. His best friend friend and former parter in the force, his magical ghost mentor and what could potentially be his female love interest in the future, respectively.
This is a very grounded urban fantasy. It sparks joy everytime i see that magic has different colors in books. Jay has glimmering Aqua green, it was a treat to imagine when reading.
The magic used through will power, mental images ( elements) and words. Magic users' individual magic glows and has a halo effect on objects and the user.
A Zuni practioner has a large part in the novel. The Zuni ( A'shiwi) are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley. Namid is Jay ghost mentor and was his father's mentor before him.
Being indiginous myself i pay close attention to how people like and similar to me are portrayed.I'm Lokono and not from the Zuni nation and can't speak for how they portrayed. It appeared respectful to me at least. Jay uses his quick witt to his advantage to deveat his more powerfull enemies but he could never have done it alone without Kona and Namid.
Not only has Coe written an amazingly entertaining book, and proven that urban fantasy doesn't have to have constant profanity & sex scenes. I appreciate the craft in written sex scenes but was shocked after putting the book down having read none. I'm pro sex positivity but being ace is difficult in an allosexual focused world. Spell blind was a pleasure to read and i can't wait to finish the trilogy and to read more about Jay , his adventures and about his close ones.
Stray thoughts
I love how Coe added queer representation with Kona. A bad ass Black lesbian cop and i hope to see more of Margarette and their relationship in the future. I loll'ed internally reading the jay & billie date scenes. Jay was so adorable around her, intrigued and scared how smart she is. She's a reporter.
I often try to imagine KJ Apa ( my favorite actor , Gyllenhaal 2nd ) playing a character after reading a book. I never imagine him as the character when reading. He would be a great Justis, a problem is he's to young. Jay is in his early 30s and KJ is only 22. Who knows what could happen in the future.
My thoughts
Cover:A fun cover. One of my favorite.Good thing it's a Gem hides underneath.A coca-cola type bottle filed with blood and slurped up with a straw. The pun with the title is genius.Bravo to the designers.
Book:DSL[drink,slay,love] was in my first ever Simon & Schuster Galley grab and the first time i saw it. So glad i downloaded and read it. A true gem[for me at least]
Late at night! Some vamps in hip modern clothes[what? teens are hip nowadays] are on the prowl. Pearl Sage Rose,a teen vamp among them. The others call it a nigh when dawn draws nearer.Pearl says she will be home soon and lingers further,She scenes something.Something strange appears ; A < majestic radiant beast. Is she hallucinating? No she's not it's real and charging towards her. Stabs her in the heart. Nothing is noticeable at first but she is changing inside slowly but surely she develops a conscious and her skin does not turn into ash in sunlight
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Other outstanding characters
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My thoughts
Cover: It's a Ok-ish cover. It screams ‘FIERCE'. Somewhat how i imagined Trace.
Book:When i saw tour stops were needed i immediately replied “I'm in” or something in that context.Glad i got the chance to read it.
Kira,a broken woman a broken life, standing and jumping of a bridge.Thinking “Let me die”. She's rescued by a mysterious being.Awoken at the hospital! How? A strangly wonderful man appears in dreams, in her life.
I have to say this 80% and up{guessing here] charming and sweet romance however it's a Mature read and not recommend to younger readers. Some scenes tho limited are steamy ahem ahem scenes.
Kira, a previous mother can handle herself and does not let people in after what happened.
Trace, a raven-black haired[^_^] male specimen and lost someone or more as well.Does not after what happened until he meets her. LOVed that he was protective and caring towards his loved ones. NOT effeminate at all. catch my drift
Both leading roles, Kira and Trace have painful pasts and lost love ones.They found strength in each other. huge thumbs up (^-^)b I liked that Kira and Trace grew and fell in love.
The romance was lovable and sweet and the “doing” it scenes were interesting Haha
Other characters
Mikal, Mike for short was a great brother, Trance's younger brother. A srong family bond.
The “villain”?! was interesting hoping to see more of him.
The ending was sweet and round up pretty well. It could perfectly well be a standalone. Glad it isn't. I did not have high expectations going into this but glad i did. Hoping to read more soon
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My thoughts
Cover: Its not the best cover out there. But it caught my attention when I saw it on netgalley.
Update: I liked it more and more while reading ??????Seers??????. I think the pinkish comes from being with Patrick .
Book: The prologue was one of my favorite parts of this book. You get background information on the leading male, Patrick. The front that was used in the prologue was like a letter of sort. I really liked it.
The writing style was enjoyable and there are two pov but Kate narrates mostly. And I loved the front of the chapters which are the same as the title.
Kate Bennet ,the female protagonist , a 18 year old teen(yay a older protagonist) and sees aura???s (get it ??????Seers??????,lol) after a disastrous car in summer. On the first day of school she meets Patrick O???Donnell, a 18 year old Irish exchange student (swoon, have a thing on the Irish accent on women) who is in fact a 200 something year old guardian, you could say angelic but not exactly. They can???t go to heaven if after they choose to become one. I see what you???re thinking ??????She falls for the mysterious new hot dude at first glance??????. No she does not.
She dislikes him because he has a silver aura, something must be terribly weird with him.( Normal people have a lot of colors together pink, blue, green etcetera. Demons have black ones) at first but falls for him almost midway through the book and Patrick over the 200 page mark. But almost to the end they both know that both likes each other. Kate learns what a seer is, what she is.
Their love is not gagging, loved the description of the first kiss I knew it was around the corner but did not know when, was so happy it happened. I???m a sappy romantic I know, lol.
Loved all the characters.
???Toni , a guardian a bit immature, ok that???s a understatement. But he is so funny. Loved his dialogues with Kate, Patrick, and Lee, Kate???s best friend
???Lee , what a wonderful amazing best friend. She knows Kate better than Kate knows herself
???Grandpa and grandma ,what wonderful old folk. What you would see on a hallmark card. Said enough.lol
The plot had a mafia ???ish feel to it. The demons where mafia ish. Patrick had more than two chapters I think, hope that in book two there are a lot more.
The epilogue gave me information what to expect from book two. Looking forward to it. Some plot points gave me a ??????Huh?????? reaction, besides that its a good book.
I gave this book a 4.5/5 stars
This song reminds me of the first chapters of Seers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjLYnNbdls0
my thoughts2.8Cover: What a blazing cover.A silhouette with fire in the backgroundBook: From the synopsis i expected something dark.I was ready for it but it was just a meh kind of book. It is decent but just ok. Nothing great. The mention of a male narrator. Drew me in. Sad faceWill lives in small southern town. He is part of the fire brigade but he's preacher father is against it. It should study to become somethingA new girl is in town that's wild and a new experience for will.Among the few reviews on goodreads. It has 3.40 rating. I wish i loved .I can't recommend it. BUT give it a try if you really want to.I can recommend great male narrated 2012 debuts. [b:Never Eighteen 8419647 Never Eighteen Megan Bostic http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309623005s/8419647.jpg 13282450] and [b:Something Like Normal 9403947 Something Like Normal Trish Doller http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1336837143s/9403947.jpg 14287876]
this is long overdue lol
My toughts:
Bookcover:. Wats wrong with this cover? Nothing . This cover looks intense. (The dude is bran btw.) Huge wings, lol.
Book:
The prologue was really good , The synopsis intrigued me like a great synopsis should . We get to meet lil falcon and bran immediately. (I had the tendency to read little falcon instead of lil falcon trough the first chapters but later I got used to her name.)
Lil accepted who she was and did not hide her gypsy heritage, that was cool. I loved that she was a good friend to her friends. Most of all Not a WHINY lass.
Sykes and Remy , two of the side characters who acted immature , and funny and are witty. And enjoying like brothers towards lil, but loved her as a sis.what do you expect from teenage brothers there annoying lol. The other side characters were really enjoyable and needed to create a wonderful tale. Grandpa, Izyy, Kim and others
The romance is brief in all the action . It not gagging for a boy . Lets me honest Boys don???t read as as girls . With romance all most non existent . Lil and bran felt like real people , real teens. And have to say Bran is the perfect gentlemen , although grandpa was a bit hesitant , I can imagine he only has her left , you will find out why if u read it
Found a song that fits with a beloved scene of this book, for those who read it its the mountain scene at night ,the first date.
It???s from lady antebellum , just a kiss
The fighting scenes were Amazing , was on the edge of my seat , the tempo was good not to quickly but did not drag at all. Sadly did not find a good song for those scenes
The bad guys were bad/evil but I felt like there was some good somewhere. You will find out a lot of family history and a lot of question will be stirred upp.
Got book for two as a gift from Ednah Walters, will read it soon and review it
Gave this book a 5 Stars out of 5
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my thoughts
cover: The cover does not really tell me something about this book. Its just nice to look at. The pink-reddish in contrast to the black silhouette. The uk cover is a bit plain and boring for my taste . Just a girl on the cover . she whore that dress in a scene
book: I first saw this on my on one of my favorite blogs as a review book. I looked it up on goodreads and added it to my tbr/wishlist shelf. When i got the galley grab email, i was so exited seeing it downloaded it along with pledge and legacy ,will be reading those soon.
Carmen Bianchi our leading lady has got it all , fame and fortune and she's only 17 but has social and family issues. I felt for her ,like i wanted to be there as a friend. Her stress and all.
Jeremy King is the romantic intrest. He was not the ‘‘BAD BOY” but not the perfect goody two shoes boyfriend. A normal British young teenage dude ,except being a music prodigy. I think a couple of galls and some guys wil swoon over his british accent and appearence in their mind, will say this he played rugby imagine those muscles ,droolish.
There was no insta-love I admire that. I like love triangles, but sometimes its overkill and so overdone. This does not have that, triangles i mean. Miss Martinez did not focus much on the romance but more on the coming of age of Carmen and facing her fears. I wanted to know a little bit more bouth Jeremy's life and such
Other than Jeremy and Carmen, my favorite character was Clark, her step dad. A true father and a fanatic White socks fan. OK a tad fanatic.
Had no trouble with Jessica's writing and the pasing of virtuosity. Some 50 or so pages were a bit slow but the remaining 100 pages were exiting. The ending was thoroughly good but it was bittersweet.
Was exited for this book cause i always wanted to play the violin but a music instructor said that a drum or a instrument of that sort would be for me. Something with differentiating music tones and have small hands for a male , not femine but small hands. When i encountered a classical piece in this book, i looked it up on youtube. Virtuosity gave me a look in the world of musicians and the classical type. Jessica is one, a musician and plays the violin beautifully. Recordings of here are on here site. JessicaMartinez.com . If you click on it you will here her recordings immediately under tab “Extras”.
NOTE; listened to her recordings while reading Virtuosity to get me in the mood to read her book and i enjoyed it even more.
Rating: 3.5
My thoughts
Cover: I'm loving it. Yes it is not published by a big publisher and maye the cover is cover abusted out there, but this is exactly how I pictured Tai and Darien. On of my new beloved fictional couples
Book: I signed up for the tour of book two after i found i could read book 1. I took a leap of faith.I could have hated these books.Happy to have read it.
Once upon a time the Great Lord created dragons to protect mankind. 4 types of dragons. 4 different elements
touched
LOVE
I was given a review copy by the author
My thoughts
Cover: like the newly American better than the old nostalgic original version... [Correction the publication of 2003 by a imprint of lemiscaat i http://www.lemniscaat.nl/ s my favorite
Book: This was one of the very first books I read when I was younger. Can you believe it???s almost 40 year old and published again this year in America. When I saw it on netgalley I had to request it , I had a rush of nostalgia.I Loved it in the past. My native tongue is Dutch by the way. Iwondered if I felt the same after 10 years later and in English. It???s a pretty decent translation and my growing up resulted in a 4 star rating.
Rudolf Hefting, Dolf for short, our leading male from Holland. Who is smart, brave, courageous teenager and stand???s his ground which gets him in trouble in the 12th century.
When you begin to read the this novel, we find Dolf in the laboratory of the family friends , two loony ish professors after asking and persisting his parents to see the newly developed time machine. He persisted again while he was time with the Profs that he could be more useful than chimps, which they used for experiments.
Dolf is now in the 12 century france or so he thinks , but rather in germany. And meets a crusade formed completely by children ranging from the age of 4 to 14, 15, 16 to free Jerusalem from the Arabs.
He misses his ??????ride back?????? to the present and is stuck in the 12th century. I would have panicked but he is calm and collected. And he takes part of the crusade.
Some secrets are being hidden , lies are being told in the whole [massa massa, local tongue,sranang tongo] congregation of the child crusade.
Liked Dolf interaction with the 12th era folk, everything is different for this 20th century teen. He is very skeptic of this religious area, Europe of that time period. This has no doubt Christian/religious influences but it???s not preachy. So not religious folk can enjoy it!! I hope
There???s no minor lead or secondary character I did not like.
Maria a 11 year old taking part in the crusade is from the beginning with Dolf and befriends him and sees her like a little sister.
Leonardo Fibonacci, 15, 16 or 17 I think is very first friend Dolf befriends
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ROMANCE IN THIS BOOK. SO BOYS BE NOT AFRAID TO READ A 300 PLUS PAGE NOVEL.lol
After the big reveal, the secrets have come to light. It dragged on a bit let say 40 ish pages but that???s a short amount of page space and quickly begins to exite again when Dolf finds a way to go home, to the present. Will say this it was emotional for Dolf to leave his friends behind after let say 3 to 4 months with them. Roro signing out.
my thoughts
cover : i love the cover. think its pretty unique. i like how the full moon is in the background and Cat's silhouette in front of it [i have a thing for redheads/gingers fictional and non fictional]the cover depicts a scene of the book i think.also like the font and the placement of the title.
book: i was happy when i got a email in which it was announced that i won it at a booktour.after 2 months of shipping it arrived
we get thrown in the prologue. its in a medieval setting and has very Gothic feel to it.
the story really begins at the start of a new school year. strange occurrences and incidents are taking place in astoria. secrets are being kept by loved ones{ cat's]
the story felt very mysterious. there's a unknown danger. we don't know what a CHILDE is. this book had snared me from page 1 till the end.
the romance between cat and ryan beckford [our romantic intrest and a paranormal being i think he's a vampire don't really know what he is. was the romance was enjoyable. a love between to not really humans. this is completely fre from insta-love and love triangles. the romance is not the main focus more the mystery, solving and finding out. i would not say that the ‘‘sparks n butterflies'' were on the backburner more likely the medium burner[made that up] the romance begins to appear in the middle towards the end. i found the perfect song for them at least in my opinion.
Is there a sue ann in this novel? NO there is not .Cat is snarky, caring for her friends and family and a good friend.
loved julie, matt and amanda ; they felt real. friends for life.
cat and taylor behaved liked siblings should be. getting on each others nerves a bit. lol
there are real parents and parental figures present. a couple of ya books miss those.
What the heck is a Childe? you get to know nearly at the end of it.
Really want to know what a Childe is?? ok its a ..... HA fooled you won't tell. read and check out for yourself.
if you're looking for mystery, finding things out, paranormal,romance that's not irritating. Try The Childe. hope you'll like it as well.
My thoughts
Cover: A really likeable cover. The raven give it a ominous, something is lurking feel. I know don???t judge a book by its cover and have to say yes the Dude angel and raven got my attention.
Book: The book tour signup was posted on YA Bound. I immediately signed up because On a dark wing was on my wish list and for me as an Int books are hard to come by. This is a 4 stars review. I think I just lucky reading great and good books after each other
A horrible accident happened a few years ago. Abby survived, her mom didn???t. She got ??????lucky??????. And Death does not forget
Abby, our leading lady was not appreciate to her dad and Tanner, her best friend. Probably cause of the accident. I did not feel for her but after a while you feel her honesty and such and started to like her.
Tanner Lange, is our co protagonist and best friend a computer genius and in a wheelchair. But a hot nerd. I???ve to say I???m pretty good looking myself ha ha [ego boast lol]. I really really really really really[ ok enough really???s lol] liked him and you can ??????taste and feel?????? his love and friendship towards Abby in the ???air??????
Nate is a very important character and co narrator. A popular and boy next door type. He was ok , I did not get to feel his ??????him?????? , his ??????soul???[pretty philosophical right,lol] although loved his interaction with his little sister zoey . A great big brother.
And Death, that???s his name ; nothing less or more. I felt a little pity , I said a little pity c???mon he???s death. His loneliness and how he sees the us. But still devilish[pun intended] cruel and persistent.
This book was in 3th person and 3 pov???s ; Abby, Tanner and Nate. Liked all of their voices especially Tanner. I liked his chapters the most. There were emotional scenes but did not feel at times and liking Abby at first decreased the rating. This is a paranormal Young adult with a touch, a dazzle of contemporary. Liked the raven after each chapters pictured.
There is love, a lot. Parental[Yay , the parents are present , sisterly- brotherly and friendship and of course romance. There???s infatuation but that???s a other thing. Love the relationship of Abby and her dad after it strengthened. And romance with the person you don???t expect. I found the perfect song
I???m glad I had this experience and would love to read her other books.
Thank you Netgalley and Harlequin Teen for approving my request. And YA bound for letting my partake in booktour. This an 100% honest review
3.5/5
My thoughts
Expectations : my expectations aren???t mile high. Maybe that???s a good thing. I hope it will be better and here???s hoping there???s more history on the founding of Belle Dam.
Cover : The sequel has another floating head but a grey one this time and the lighthouse from book one is shown. I like it less than its predecessor.
Book : Living in Belle Dam has become more welcoming and the drama at the end of book 1 has settled a bit. He has made some close friends and a relationship with the person he has strong feelings for. But the ugly heads of literal and figuratively demons begin to rear their heads again in Belle Dam and in his life. Local girls have been disappearing and a silver smooth haired being has appeared. Town secrets and history are exposed, how the feud came to be is further clarified and doubt creeps in his life and relationship. The headaches are still a major pain. Will Braden ever have peace of mind?
I will address the dislikes and likes of the sequel the same as I did in the review of Witch eyes.
The positives: I longed for more town secrets and history in Belle Dam and my wish came true. Finding out how a lot was connected with each other including: the founders of Belle Dam, the kidnappings and the visions that motivated his traveling to Belle Dam, was fun.
2nd. I went with no real attachments towards the romantic interest starting book two but he has grown on me. I don???t know him like a character on his own and he???s still just the boyfriend of a paranormal creature,but. You start feeling compassion towards him after the ending of book two and learning of the effects the feud has had on him.
3th. Demon eyes should have been the first book in a trilogy. It started with a bang and closed with firecrackers though I have to admit the middle felt like it was fizzling out but still far better than the first. Kidnappings are often used and it was cool how to see how Mr. Tracey handled it. It is sad that he didn???t write that way in the first book. I???m not an editor or a language expert but I could notice his progress as an author. If the last book in the trilogy is even better, it improves my desire to read the last book in the trilogy.
The negatives has somewhat stayed the same.
Braden has kind of improved. He was a lot darker and was becoming a master of lies and that resulted in thinking that people he cared about were going to turn on him and Braden redeemed himself a little bit more than in Witch eyes. But the whining stayed and still not getting attached to him is the reason why he???s still a negative.
2nd. My feelings towards the towns people and the romance has stayed the same. The romance has developed slightly that???s a plus but it still feels forced.
My reading experience was a better than witch eyes but sadly there were still some parts that were annoying. It does not deserve a 4 out 5, hence I???m giving it a 3.5. Give it a try if you read the first.